James Parker (New Jersey)

James Parker (3 March 1776-1 April 1868) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ) from 4 March 1833 to 3 March 1837, succeeding James F. Randolph and preceding Joseph F. Randolph).

Biography
James Parker was born in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1776, the great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and the nephew of Cortlandt Skinner.. He moved to Perth Amboy after the American Revolutionary War and worked as a merchant in Manhattan until the death of his father led to his return to Perth Amboy. He served in the General Assembly from 1806 to 1810, from 1812 to 1813, from 1815 to 1816, in 1818, and in 1827, and he put an end to the local slave trade in 1819. He served as Mayor of Perth Amboy in 1815 and 1850, and he served in the US House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837. From 1864 until his death in 1868, he served as Vice President of the New Jersey Historical Society.